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- Qin Shi Xu #6		 葉夢得 1
琴史續 #6 2

Ye Mengde (1077 - 1148), style name 少蘊 Shaoyun, nickname 石林 Shilin, was from Suzhou. A metropolitan scholar in 1135, he rose in office to be 崇信軍 marshall of worship (?). Xu Jian's Outline History 6a2 tells of his connection to the qin.

Some of his poetry connects to qin melodies. For example,

Zhao Yin, and
He Wu Dongtian

Qinshu Daquan has several writings by him that concern qin.

Folio 16, #61 (commentary3)
Folio 19B, #77 (a poem about listening to qin)

His biography in Qin Shi Xu begins as follows.

Ye Mengde, style name Shaoyun, was from Suzhou. A metropolitan scholar in 1135, he rose in office to be marshall of worship (?)....4

More to be added.

 
Footnotes (Shorthand references are explained on a separate page)

1 葉夢得 Bio/407 (first of two). (Return)

2 11 lines. Sources given are 宋史 Song Shi, 避暑錄話 Bi Shu Luhua and 蓴湖漫錄 Chunhu Manlu. (Return)

3 Called 避署錄 Bi Shu Lu. This should be the same as 避暑錄話 "Bi Shu Luhua", said by Xu Jian to mention Jiangwai Zhao Yin, but I find no such mention in that quote. (Return)

4 Mentions Jiangwai Zhaoyin at the end. (Return)